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Viking Calendar: Year with 2 Seasons and New Year Started in Summer

Posted by Ms Elly on November 01, 2018

In the Viking age, one year was divided into two major seasons which were the summer and the winter. This also marked two important periods of the cultivation time for the majority of Viking free men who were the farmers.

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Tags: How To Be a Viking, Norse Gods, Viking age, Viking Tradition

Burial in Birka: Shieldmaiden Existed or Scholars Rewrote History?

Posted by Ms Elly on November 01, 2018

Bj 581 was the name for the grave of the assuming Viking shieldmaiden. Out of the 1,000 graves excavated in Birka, Bj 581 is among the most controversial as it evokes the questions about the historical existence of the Viking shieldmaiden.

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Tags: Viking age, Viking Excavation and Artifact, Viking Legend, Viking Tradition

Unsolved Puzzle: "Allah" Found on the Viking Funeral Clothes

Posted by Ms Elly on November 01, 2018

Researchers in Sweden excitingly released the footage of their finding Arabic characters in Viking burial costumes from Viking graves. The discovery put the researchers in the question as to what was the relationship between the Vikings and Muslim.

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Tags: Viking age, Viking Tradition

Image of the Viking warrior chose to be buried alive in viking burial mound

Instead of Surrender, Viking King Chose to be Buried Alive

Posted by Ms Elly on November 01, 2018

Viking King Herlaug chose to be buried alive with his men inside a burial mound instead of surrendering and giving up his power for King Herald Fairhair. This attests to the point that defeat is never an option for the Vikings.